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Increased microRNA 21 expression contributes to arsenic induced skin lesions, skin cancers and respiratory distress in chronically exposed individuals.
Toxicology - 1 Mar 2017
Banerjee Nilanjana, Bandyopadhyay Apurba K, Dutta Suman, Das Jayanta K, Roy Chowdhury Tarit, Bandyopadhyay Arun, Giri Ashok K
Abstract excerpt
More than 26 million people in West Bengal, India, are exposed to arsenic through drinking water, leading to several deleterious endpoints including precancerous and cancerous skin lesions and other non-dermatological health effects. Here, our aim was to identify whether miR21 is associated with such dermatological and non-dermatological health outcomes in chronically exposed humans. A total of 123 subjects from...
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